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So You Think You Can Dance

★ 6.9 (72 votes) | 2005 | 0h 43m
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Overview

Dancers selected in open auditions across America take part in a rigorous competition designed to best display their talents, training and personalities to a panel of judges and viewers as they strive to win votes and avoid elimination.

Details
  • Status Returning Series
  • First Air Date July 20, 2005
  • Last Air Date May 20, 2024
  • Seasons 18
  • Episodes 318
  • Networks FOX

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Seasons

Specials
Specials

2 episodes • 2009

No overview available.

Season 1
Season 1

12 episodes • 2005

Season one features Lauren Sánchez as host, Nigel Lythgoe as the main judge, and Mary Murphy, Dan Karaty, Mia Michaels and Brian Friedman as most frequent guest judges.

Season 2
Season 2

23 episodes • 2006

Season two features new host Cat Deeley. The winner of season 2 receives a grand prize of $100,000, a new hybrid SUV, and a one-year contract with Celine Dion's Las Vegas show, A New Day.

Season 3
Season 3

23 episodes • 2007

No overview available.

Season 4
Season 4

23 episodes • 2008

No overview available.

Season 5
Season 5

23 episodes • 2009

Season five sees Nigel Lythgoe and Mary Murphy returning as permanent judges and Cat Deeley returning to host. This is the first season to move the show a new stage and last season to be in CBS Studios.

Season 6
Season 6

24 episodes • 2009

No overview available.

Season 7
Season 7

23 episodes • 2010

No overview available.

Season 8
Season 8

23 episodes • 2011

Season eight features the return of Mary Murphy and Nigel Lythgoe as permanent judges and Cat Deeley as host. Also returning is the selection of a Top 20 for the finals, in contrast to season 7's Top 11.

Season 9
Season 9

15 episodes • 2012

No overview available.

Season 10
Season 10

18 episodes • 2013

No overview available.

Season 11
Season 11

15 episodes • 2014

Season eleven again features Lythgoe, and ballroom expert Mary Murphy as the two permanent members of the judge's panel while Cat Deeley continues in her role as host for a tenth consecutive season.

Stage vs. Street
Stage vs. Street

17 episodes • 2015

No overview available.

The Next Generation
The Next Generation

13 episodes • 2016

No overview available.

Season 14
Season 14

15 episodes • 2017

Season fourteen's judge panel once again features series creator Nigel Lythgoe, as well as the return of ballroom expert Mary Murphy, along with new permanent member Vanessa Hudgens joining the panel of judges, while Cat Deeley continues in her role as host for a thirteenth consecutive season.

Season 15
Season 15

14 episodes • 2018

Season fifteen's judge panel once again features series creator Nigel Lythgoe, as well as the return of ballroom expert Mary Murphy, and Vanessa Hudgens, while Stephen "tWitch" Boss is the new fourth judge during the auditions and the live shows. Cat Deeley continues in her role as host for a fourteenth consecutive season.

Season 16
Season 16

15 episodes • 2019

The sixteenth season panel of judges again features series creator Nigel Lythgoe, as well as the return of ballroom dance champion and expert Mary Murphy. New to the panel are choreographer Laurieann Gibson and B-boy dancer/choreographer Dominic "D-Trix" Sandoval, who serve as the third and fourth judges during auditions and live shows. Cat Deeley continues in her role as host for a fifteenth consecutive season.

Season 17
Season 17

12 episodes • 2022

No overview available.

Season 18
Season 18

10 episodes • 2024

No overview available.

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